I've posted at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm images by colleague James Weightman taken with his Canon 300D Rebel digital camera coupled to...

Can some explain to me how astronomers measure light years. For example how do they know something is thousands of light years away?

Hi, I've had a Meade ETX90EC + Autostar for 2 years now and although the optics are really very good and the scope produces very clear images I'm looking...

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:34:08 +0000 (UTC), "Stuart Turrell" wrote: Can they control meade telescopes yet? I have starry night...

Hi I've just got in from a futile attempt ,too much cloud , at nailing Comet Encke with18x50 IS bins. I glanced south about 30 mins ago and saw an orange...

Hello, I wanna good pair of binos for a max of £150. Anybody got experience with the HR Ultimate range of binos? I need something to take with me on my...

I've added at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/digsky.htm tonight's image by James Weightman via his Canon 300D Rebel digital camera coupled to Canon's best...

I'd like advise from anyone who owns an equatorially mounted Meade 14" LX200 GPS + UHC used for CCD imaging eg pointing/drive accuracy, image quality etc. I'm...

Dear All, I've just picked up a 2nd hand Nexstar 8i and want to compare the optics/image quality with that of my ETX90 as quick as possible. With the cloudy...

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. http://tinyurl.com/hck Sally

Looking for a first telescope, I've narrowed it down to something like; 1) Skywatcher Explorer 200mm f5 on EQ5 (£419) 2) Orion Europa 200mm f4.4 on EQ5...

Hello, I am facing south and nearly in line with the downward side of Orions belt is a bright star that is twinkling what seems to be green and yellow...

I have recently been given a four in telescope as a gift, and as you may well gather from the tone of the message I haven't got a clue how to get the best out...

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Seeing the sky for the first time this evening.... I thought I'd check out the ISS, and saw it passed very close by Mars, so I got the timing. Cartes de Ciel...

Hi Anyone in the Hull/Beverley area have a Meade ETX 125? Steve

No, it's not a joke - NASA TV comes to Sky Digital on the 1st of October. NASA TV will be shown on Channel 268 at these times:- Weekdays: *16:00-17:00...

Looking for a (GIS) database of lunar features. Locations of craters, mares, highland areas, rilles, rays etc. Mainly any freely available on the net. Any...

I've posted a couple of images of Comet Encke fuzzball taken last night at http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/encke.htm I'd like to identify the starfield. Can...

Many thanks guys, Yes I appreciate the window simply stops any chance of seeing the true quality of the optics but as I said, I'd have expected both scopes to...